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Sant’Egidio founder, Pontiff discuss migrants, peace
December 18, 2023
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CWN Editor's Note: In a December 16 audience with Andrea Riccardi, founder of the Community of Sant’Egidio, Pope Francis discussed migration, humanitarian corridors, and “the need to keep the hope of peace alive” in Ukraine, the Holy Land, Sudan, and elsewhere.
Riccardi founded the Community of Sant’Egidio in 1968; the Vatican recognized it as an international lay association in 1986.
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